Bogotá may not have the biggest expat community out there, but the one it does have is thriving, well-connected and, best of all, pretty damn fun. There are various opportunities to meet up with expats from all over the world in that are living in Bogotá and exchange stories, guzzle beers, reminisce about life back […]
Year: 2013
On reading that post by ole Richard McColl (An article that found itself rightly appalled By that excuse for news, the thing that quite filled Page upon page of that German rag, Bild), –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I didn’t know whether to laugh, or to cry, At this perfect-pitched piece by our erudite guy, […]
So, I don’t know why, but I agreed to go on a trip to the coffee triangle with the adopted little brother I never wanted. Being Australian myself, I should’ve realised how annoying and uncouth my countrymen can be, but, I’m fairly notorious for making poor judgements (apart from going to Colombia, of course), so […]
On December 3rd last year I checked my emails. Now this may not seem like a particularly momentous event, but those who know me well will be aware of the fact that I hate checking my emails: the only people who use email to contact me would probably only be doing so with bad news. […]
“If a tree fell in the forest, and nobody heard it, would a hipster still have the album on vinyl?” –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Supsies, brah? So, this is totes Awks, babez. Like, the History Channel (puhlease! Totes outdated!) has just released the 25 finalists in El Gran Colombiano – which means, the Great […]
To start with, the Pacific coast of the Chocó is vast: so vast in fact that to attempt to cover all of it in this one Colombia Travel Blog post would be downright irresponsible of us! Therefore I am simply going to describe the trip I took in September last year to Playa Guachalito near […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I don’t know if it’s because of my quiet aspirations to be a housewife, or just that I don’t like getting up in the morning, but I’ve always been fascinated with the phenomenon which is daytime TV. There’s something possibly apocalyptic about the terrible soaps, commercials about life insurance, […]
OK, so we’ve convinced you to move to Colombia. You’re welcome. Not satisfied with that, we’ve given you some tips on how to stay here longer than a la-a-a-me 3 months. Don’t even mention it. I guess now you want some kind of job so you’ve got a bit of money to spend on stuff […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– For most of my life I’ve been a fast walker. I don’t know if it’s because I’m highly strung (I’m NOT highly strung! Why do people KEEP ON SAYING THAT?!??!?!?); yet another weird manifestation of my Lapsed Catholic Guilt; or the fact that I always succeed in leaving everything […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Just like the lovely Canucks in that ad (you know the one I mean), I’ve often had the sensation that Cartagena is a city built on its stories. And these stories are worthy of the world’s greatest magical realist. If you don’t believe me, please read Love in the […]